M.O.R.E.: Uh Excuse Me?

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Uh Excuse Me?

Okay, this is the second week in a row when someone has cut in front of me in the finish chute at the COC Summer Series. Last week it was some woman and I made sure she didn't take my card by letting her know. This week it was some big burley guy and several people told him he needed to stay in finish order. I turned around and told him "there's no glory in cheating an old woman". His excuse was that he didn't want to stop, which I didn't, I was just walking slowly since it is the finish chute. Anyhow, I was just so glad that it was over and that I finally broke 27 minutes. I made sure Patty was a witness to my GPS in case they messed up the times again. I think both Patty and I felt a lot better today, perhaps from resting the couple of days before the race and not doing intervals. I think we both felt like we kept a more even controlled pace, but both of us felt that we could have done better if there weren't so many darn people tonight. Normally my card # is in the mid 200's, tonight my # was 419. I think Patty said there were 3 times more people tonight than before and I definitely felt it. Both of us got stuck behind two big guys, one being coached by the other. I came across them on the second hill and had a hard time going around them because they were walking up the hill side by side, VERY annoying. Why can't they walk single file? This was my last race for the season and it felt good to finally be done. I think Patty might have one or two more races left in her. Her son, who is going off to college this year, came and ran the race and did quite well considering he hasn't been training with a team. He cheered for me as I came into the stadium, but Patty got the royal treatment and had him running in with her. Isn't that sweet? I had a little kid yelling me encouragement around the final curve and he was telling me to keep going I'm almost there. He was so cute and sweet and his words of encouragement brought a smile to my face as I finished.

1 comment:

Patty said...: It did feel a lot better tonight than last week, and I have no doubt if it wouldn't have been so crowded I would have had a better time. The two burly guys really slowed me down coming off the service road till we passed the coffee kiosk! I know they cost me at least 15, maybe 20 sec., at one point I had to force myself not to say something to them, cause he was weaving in front of me. I may have flaked out if my son was not coming with me and I am glad I didn't. He was happy with his run, and since none of his high school friends were there, he hung with us, and was very pleasant. He ran with me the last 200 and it really did make a difference, I could feel myself slowing at the final 100 but kept going because he was with me. I thought I would pass out though when I finally stopped. It was fun!; July 29, 2010 at 10:46 PM

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Favorite Trails

South Fork 3.1: Start from dirt parking lot on Magic Mtn Pkway and run to the loop at Wiley Bridge and return the same way.

Tesoro 3.25: Start in Albertson parking lot and take sidewalk/trail until it ends and then enter the water tower road to the top two towers where the ends. Return the same way.

Chesebrough 3.25/4.60: From Chesebrough Park, N. to Copperhill, So. on Bike Trail, turn around at Decoro, back up trail to power lines to bridge at park. Turn around at Heritage will give you 4.6 miles.

Chesebrough 3.5: Chesebrough Park down to McBean, south to Northpark Dr., the paseo trailhead. Take the paseo to Helmers and back. Very hilly.

Bridgeport 4.0: Fairly flat, run toward Lowes and under Bouquet bridge to RiverPark community until you reach the closed gates and return. For a hilly run, go north into Helmers and run up the paseo switchbacks into Northpark where the paseo ends and return the same way.

Chesebrough 4.0: N. to Copperhill to west side of river trail, run S. on Bike Trail past Decoro bridge, across Decoro to the east side of river trail, up back to power lines trail, back to park.

Chesebrough 4.0: From park down power line trail to Heritage Park and back same way.

Bridgeport 4.0: From School, cross McBean via bridge or street and head into industrial center on Ave. Scott Bridge and enter bike trail going south toward the train bridge. Turn around at train bridge and return same way or cross the bridge and head toward Peet's after crossing train bridge and back onto the Lowes Trail.

Heritage 4.0: From park, run up bike trail to Decoro, over McBean Bridge into Helmers, and into Bridgeport through lake trail back to park. Can be done in reverse. Moderately hilly.

Chesebrough 4.25: Chesebrough north to Copperhill, left to Albertson side of bike trail. Run south on trail to Decoro and cross over bridge and head north all the way to Copperhill on east side of river trail and back to the park the same way as started.

Cheese/Decoro/Helmers 4.25: From the park, down dirt trail to bike path, south to Decoro. Leave bike path at Decoro and cross paseo bridge at McBean. Stay on paseo up hill towards Helmers. Run up water tower trail once then continue on to switchbacks and paseos back to park.

Heritage/Bridgeport 3.3: Heritage Park south to McBean Bridge @ Panera. Cross and head toward Lowes bike trail and head east toward Bridgeport Park. Halfway mark is at park bathroom, head back by entering trail along the lake and back onto the bridge.

Lowes 4.25: Lowe's parking lot to McBean, cross the bridge and to South Fork. At Valencia Bridge, enter trail behind Hart Baseball diamonds. Continue on trail to Bouquet and across the bridge on the east side and back under the bridge again towards Lowes.

Peet's & Decoro 5.2: Peet's Coffee to train bridge path; to Decoro and across bridge; back down McBean side of bike trail back to Peete's.

Peet's & Wiley 6.0: Start at Peet's Coffee and head east toward South Fork trail and past the Wiley Bridge. Keep running another 200 yards to where the trail forks left and right. Turn back same way.

Peet's & Copperhill 6.0: From Peet's to bike trail heading north to Copperhill and back.

Albertson 7.0: From the Albertson parking lot on Copperhill, enter the westside bike trail and head south until the train bridge. Return the same way.

Peet's 8.5: Run to Copperhill on east side of river trail and return via train bridge on other side.

Lowes 10: Start in the Lowes parking lot. Enter the bike trail heading west. At McBean, cross the bridge and head east toward SouthFork trail. Continue on trail until you come to the Wiley bridge and head back the same way.

McBean 14: This route can be done from anywhere along the trail route. Starting from McDonald's across the post office, run to the end of the South Fork trail and return the same way, cross the McBean bridge and run on the Lowes trail until you hit Bridgeport Elementary and then cross Newhall Ranch via the bridge or street and run back towards McBean. Continue north on McBean until you hit Copperhill. At Copperhill, cross McBean and enter San Francisquito bike trail and run south on the trail until you are back at McDonalds.